January Blues!

January has been a busy month here at BookMan which means many of you have been busy too. Here is a video to help you relax a little bit while you work. Enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Have a fantastic Thanksgiving! Don't forget our office is closed Thursday and Friday for the holiday. Happy eating!

A season for giving thanks, by Melissa

Next Thursday is Thanksgiving day here in the U.S. of A. It is one of my favorite holidays. Who doesn't like a holiday focused on being grateful for the blessings in your life and really good food?

A few things that I am grateful for this season (the frivolous and the serious):

- I feel as though it's probably a given, but I'm grateful for an amazing family and fabulous friends.

- A great job. Having a job in and of itself. It's really nice to work for a company where you enjoy the people you work with and for. Where everyone cares about the work they do, and where the owner cares about his employees, customers, and product.

- Tickets to the Elton John/Billy Joel concert tomorrow night! WOOT! *super excited*

And last, but not least, I have a love in my heart for In 'n' Out Burger. I realize it's just a burger, fries, and shake. There may be nothing spectacular about it, but I think it is so so tasty. Today a new location opened in Orem, UT.

Just 5 minutes away from the office!!! :) Can life get any better?? I submit that it cannot!

We may or may not have gone there for lunch today.....

What are you thankful for?

Santa Claus is comming to town soon...(by Jamie)

Ok, I am a shopper... I know you all think that BookMan is my LIFE. But, while I do love BookMan, my second love is shopping. I thought I would pass along some fun web sites and ideas for Christmas. The earlier you get your shopping done the more thoughtful you can be about your gift and the more relaxed your Christmas will be. Come on its a WIN WIN!

1. For that grandparent that has EVERYTHING. I say get them a snuggie. No I am not kidding. They are amazing and grandparents are always cold. They will love that you gave them hands-free warmth. I'm getting one for the grandparents in my family this year.

https://www.getsnuggie.com/flare/next?tag=os|sm|go|tm

Corn bags are so great too. I got my grandma one last year and she still tells me how much she loves it!!

http://www.corn-bags.com/


2. For your better half. I'm talking about the special lady in your life. I have LOTS of suggestions here (hint hint Carson if you are reading).

The first on my list would be Sephora. This web site has EVERY THING she will love. The great thing is you can get a gift certificate and let them choose. The best gift on this entire site (in my opinion) is the Fragrance Sampler, 12 samples of great fragrances along with a voucher for a full sized bottle of any one of the samples.

http://sephora.com/

LUSH. This store has amazing bath bombs. I love them. Every single one of them smell so great and make your skin soft as EVER. You can't go wrong.

http://www.lushusa.com/shop

Who doesn't love jewelry?

http://www.theprettypeacock.com/categories/see-everything.html?limit=all


3. For the person who is hard to buy for these are some great sites to check out.

http://www.uncommongoods.com/

http://www.vat19.com/


4. And most importantly.... for the geek in your life:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/?source=google_branded&cpg=ogb1

A Recipe, A Website and Some Bling! by MaryAnn

This weekend Jamie and I went to a local boutique called Bijou Market. We found some great stuff! A local bakery called the Sweet Tooth Fairy (http://www.thesweettoothfairy.com/) was there sampling their amazing Cake Bites (also called Cake Balls). I immediately fell in love with them. If you ever come to town you need to try them. If you won't be coming to town anytime soon, you have two great options. The Sweet Tooth Fairy delivers. Go to their website listed above and check it out. If you don't want to spend the money on shipping, here is a link to a similar recipe. I have never tried this recipe but it seems pretty easy. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cake-balls/detail.aspx

We also found some fantastic homemade jewelry made by Tom Jewelry Design. Check out her website (http://www.etsy.com/shop/tomdesign). She sold out of everything this weekend at the boutique so bookmark her page and check back in a few days to see her fun jewelry. She had rings (my new ring is pictured), earrings and necklaces in tons of fun bright colors and designs. Jamie and I may or may not have been involved in her selling out of all her jewelry.

This week I was also introduced to a fun new website by my friend Clayton. Check it out at http://springwise.com/weekly/2009-11-05.htm. Springwise is a cool website about new business ideas spotted around the world. There are some very clever and creative ideas.

Nicoles Stress Reliever

I know I'm not the only one who has stressful days... so just for a little bit of humor and fun take a minute or two to Yearbook Yourself at www.yearbookyourself.com. This website has images of clothing trends, hairstyle trends & other high school related things starting from the 1950's until 2000 that you can post your own picture to. All you have to do is find a picture of yourself and and place it. It even allows for you to tilt, crop and zoom so you can make the picture as authentic as possible. Go ahead and give it a try and the first 5 people who are brave enough to send their yearbook picture to one of our BookMan tech support reps will get a BookMan trinket!

MaryAnn's Favorite Things!

Favorite BookMan Shortcut:
Clearing Marks in BookMan












Are you tired of going to the Marks menu every time you need to clear your marks? Quit going to the Marks menu and learn the short cut! The short cut is option+command (apple)+semi colon (;). Try it right now....seriously...hurry before you forget...


Favorite Cooking Website:
www.topsecretrecipes.com/
Check out this website for recipes from your favorite restaurants. This week's secret recipe is the Soup Nazi's Mexican Chicken Chili. The secret recipes are only free for a limited amount of time so check it out soon.

Favorite Youtube Video:


This video is old so you have probably seen it, but who doesn't need a good laugh on a Wednesday. Poor lady!

Favorite Cupcake Store:












sprinkles.com

I am normally not a cupcake fan BUT, I am in love with these cupcakes! If you have a store near you, you need to go eat one for me! The frosting is amazing!!! Try the Black and White or Vanilla Milk Chocolate or....

Favorite Blog I Follow:

nieniedialogues.com/

Amazing blog about a lady who survived a plane crash. She was on Oprah recently. Read her post from the past year to get her full story.

Favorite BookMan Customer:

To be decided....chocolate might make you my favorite...hint hint!

What are your favorite things? Leave us a comment.

Happy Halloween